Examples of an Imperfect woman
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The Quiet Room
I am reading “The Quiet Room” by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett. What is so interesting is that her parents don’t want to accept her illness, and deny it by looking repeatedly for ‘normal’ behavior and are more concerned about… Continue reading
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Homeless to Harvard.
“Breaking Night” by Liz Murray, how she went from Homeless to Harvard, shows that you can change the legacy you were born into. Her endurance to survive was what she needed to change direction when she could see her course… Continue reading
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GPS on the Mail Route.
There is nothing like seeing your job from the back seat of a dusty van, slowly making its way along the route, time flying by while each mail box slowly crawled on by. He did well for his first time… Continue reading
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What is inside of Us.
There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values. ~David G. Myers Isn’t it amazing that we all see a different world, a world that is colored by our… Continue reading
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When Death Comes, by Mary Oliver
When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measles-pox when death comes like an… Continue reading
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This New Day!
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ~Joseph Campbell Yesterday the thought came to me how we live on the scales of worthiness, how time, and… Continue reading
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Love after Love, by Derek Walcott
The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who… Continue reading
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The Journey, by Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice— though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my… Continue reading